The blog of avid reader, Emily Wrayburn

2017 Australian Women Writers Challenge

The Australian Women Writers Challenge has been running since 2012, with the aim of combating the gender bias prevalent in the Australian publishing industry.

I first joined in 2016, with the aim to read and review 12 books by AWWs, including two by indigenous authors and two by LGBTI* authors. While I didn’t quite succeed on the LGBTI* front (I left it too late, and then didn’t end up liking one of the books I had selected enough to finish it), I did succeed on the other fronts, and ended up reviewing 16 books by Australian Women.

This year I have set myself the same challenge, and plan to do better on the diversity front.

If you would like more information about the Australian Women Writers Challenge, please click here.

Update 30/12/17: Below is the list of my reviews. I was successful in both my main challenge and my diversity challenge this year. See you here again next year!